Just as Chen Miao was staring blankly at the statue, a voice rose from the deep pit.
"Still not coming down? How long are you planning to stare?"
Chen Miao looked down.
At the base of the statue, Instructor Wen and an old man stood before a table covered with all sorts of things, looking up at him.
Scanning the pit, Chen Miao spotted the staircase winding along its walls.
He immediately hurried down the stairs to the bottom.
Even as he descended, however, his attention remained on the statue.
While he had been studying it just now, something inside him had stirred.
Chen Miao did not know what it was, but he was certain the statue contained the same thing, and the two were drawing each other in.
He had been staring blankly because he was trying to figure out what had been stirred within him.
It was neither yin energy nor soul power, nor was it anything unusual in his flesh.
But if it was none of those, what could it be?
Could it be the Notes on Achieving Divinity in the Mortal World?
That seemed unlikely. Chen Miao thought it was more likely to be something within the Notebook.
The status panel, for instance!
By the time that thought occurred to him, Chen Miao had reached the bottom of the pit.
"Chen Yang?"
The old man asked.
Once Chen Miao nodded, he asked again, "Which Ghost Body Manifestation did you choose?"
"Origin Binding."
At that, the old man began sorting the things on the table, placing some within easy reach.
"Sit down. Don't scream later. If you disturb me, I'll stitch your mouth shut. Understood?"
The old man delivered that threat in the most matter-of-fact tone.
Chen Miao obediently nodded.
"Take off your clothes."
Chen Miao complied.